Beside the eight square table sat three old men.
On the top was Yi Zhonghai, on the left was Liu Haizhong, and on the right was Yan Bugui.
Sitting in a circle below were the residents of the courtyard.
Even the Deaf Old Lady sat at the front with the help of Shazhu.
"Alright, everyone, quiet down."
"Let's make it short. Jia Dongxu went to participate in the third-level fitter assessment today, but unfortunately, his legs were crushed by the machine, resulting in amputation.”
"Just rescuing Jia Dongxu cost 58 yuan.”
"The hospitalization and recuperation will cost a lot.”
"The six members of the Jia family are all supported by Jia Dongxu alone. Now that their pillar of support has fallen, they have no source of income.”
"We are all from the same courtyard. Helping the Jia family tide over the difficulties is an unshirkable duty.”
"As the eldest uncle in the courtyard, I'll set an example for everyone. I'll donate 10 yuan to Jia Dongxu.”
After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he took out 10 yuan and placed it in the donation box that was prepared on the table.
The people below discussed animatedly. Everyone's living conditions were not good.
Usually, it was a problem for him to eat by himself.
But now, she had to donate money to Jia Dongxu.
Everyone was against it, so they looked at each other and hesitated whether to donate money or not.
Qin Huairu's heart skipped a beat when she saw this scene.
Then, she looked at Shazhu with a pleading gaze. Shazhu's heart softened immediately. She took out 5 yuan from her pocket and placed it into the donation box.
"Second Uncle, Third Uncle, you are the controllers of our courtyard.”
"When the Jia family is in trouble, you are duty-bound to set an example for everyone.”
Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were extremely stingy. Usually, they would spend one yuan as if it was two yuan, but now they wanted to donate to Jia Dongxu.
However, under everyone's watchful eyes.
In addition to Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu's moral kidnapping, they had to donate some money no matter how painful it was.
Liu Haizhong donated five yuan while Yan Bugui gritted his teeth and donated three yuan.
With them taking the lead, the other residents also donated.
The lowest donation was 50 cents, and the highest was 2 yuan.
Only He Ye remained silent.
Yi Zhonghai looked at He Ye and said,"He Ye, why don't you donate money?"”
" He Ye, you're a Level 3 Welder now. Your monthly salary isn't low either. Everyone has donated. It's not appropriate for you to not donate, right?"”
Jia Zhang-shi also clamored,"He Ye, a person must have a conscience."”
"When you first entered the factory, my Dongxu helped you. Now that something has happened to him, you can't sit idly by.”
He Ye had never seen such a shameless person. When he first entered the factory, the leader arranged for Jia Dongxu to bring him to Workshop 5.
Because he had delayed Jia Dongxu's work, Jia Dongxu even scolded He Ye on purpose.
However, Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi took this matter as a kind of kindness to He Ye.
Back when he was slandering He Ye, Jia Dongxu always brought up this matter.
He accused He Ye of being an ingrate. Back then, he had helped He Ye, but in the end, He Ye had turned hostile and did not know how to be grateful at all.
From this point of view, not only did Jia Dongxu not help him back then, but the two of them also became enemies from that time on.
"I'm donating. Who says I'm not donating? I'll donate money now." He Ye said coldly.
Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu were extremely happy.
"At least you know how to repay kindness." Jia Zhangshi said shamelessly," You're a third-level welder now. It's all thanks to my son, Jia Dongxu.”
"You can't pay too little. You have to pay at least 20 yuan.”
Her eyes were filled with greed.
Everyone's eyes fell on He Ye. Everyone wanted to know how much He Ye would donate.
"I'll donate a penny!" He Ye took out a penny from his pocket and casually threw it on the square table.
It didn't seem like a donation, but more like a humiliation to Jia Zhangshi.
The crowd was in an uproar. No one had expected He Ye to be so decisive and actually slap the Jia family's face in public.
It was better not to donate this penny.
Jia Zhang-shi was instantly enraged,"He Ye, are you still human?" How can you donate only one cent? Are you treating us like beggars?”
"Please don't insult beggars!" He Ye said coldly. The beggar didn't care how much money he asked for, and he even knew how to ask for it.”
"You just sit there and open your mouth. You want to cheat us of our hard-earned money? You're worse than a beggar.”
"He Ye, you're already a Level 3 Welder. Your monthly salary isn't low either. There's no need to be calculative with them, right?"”
"Besides, we're donating money out of charity. How come it's a lie in your mouth?”
"You don't have a conscience. Don't drag us into this.”
Yi Zhonghai also said,"He Ye, what you did was wrong."”
"Usually, you and Jia Zhangshi's family may have some conflicts.”
"It's normal for neighbors to have some small conflicts. Now that something has happened to the Jia family, it's a big deal.”
"In the face of such a major event, we should abandon our personal conflicts and consider the overall situation.
"If you don't even have this awareness, you don't deserve to stay in our courtyard house. You will only be ostracized by us.”
Yi Zhonghai's words were much better than Silly Zhu's, and he immediately blamed He Ye.
A few simple words had elevated a small matter to a collective point of view.
In this special era, people would be labeled with all kinds of names. These names had great power. Sometimes, they were even more harmful than swords and spears.
He Ye said calmly,""Master Yi, I think you're bullshitting.”
Everyone was in an uproar. No one expected He Ye to directly scold Yi Zhonghai. Everyone looked at He Ye in horror.
He felt that He Ye was a little too bold. Yi Zhonghai was the first master of the Siheyuan. The subdistrict office had appointed him to manage the entire courtyard, which was equivalent to having a sword.
If he wanted to chase someone away, he just had to ask the street office, and they could only sleep on the streets.
Therefore, no one in the courtyard dared to disobey First Master. He Ye could be said to have set a precedent.
After all, He Ye was not a person of this era. Yi Zhonghai used a chicken feather as an arrow.
It made everyone feel that Yi Zhonghai had a lot of power.
However, He Ye didn't think so. He thought that Yi Zhonghai was just using his power.
If something really happened, it was not something that the three masters could decide, let alone the street office. Otherwise, where would the law be?
"How dare you speak to me like that?”Yi Zhonghai flew into a rage out of humiliation and suddenly stood up from his seat.
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